- Got some cute new dresses. (Just because I’m non-binary doesn’t mean I can’t wear pretty dresses when I feel like it!)
- Another attempt at getting an electrician to fix some stuff in our house. We’ll see, but this guy seems friendly and competent. (And understanding about postponing until after my surgery.)
- A slightly twisted ankle has much improved as of this morning.
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- SGQ: I did a reasonably good job leaving mostly on time to visit my parents this weekend—a bit later than I’d hoped, but far earlier than I feared, and didn’t have to majorly adjust any plans.
- The new Cracking the Cryptic monthly puzzle pack is delightful.
- My dog loves visiting my parents’ house.
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- i’m grateful for beeminder reminders helping me not to forget to input data sometimes.
- i’m grateful for the amazing dinner we had tonight.
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful i didn’t text [someone] today.
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- Rain for the first time in several weeks.
- I have today and tomorrow off work.
- SGQ: I logged out of all my work apps to make sure I took a proper break.
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- My tasks seem to be going smoothly today.
- My whole static were back yesterday so we managed to make a lot of progress on the latest savage raids.
- Already beginning to feel the temptation to study again now the stress of exams is over.
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- i’m grateful for doing many fun and interesting things today.
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful for my past self for scheduling breaks on almost all my goals for my current vacation.
- i’m grateful i got to be at the beach today for a little bit. walking barefoot in the sand was amazing for my feet, they were very happy, which in turn made me even more happy than it would have otherwise XD
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- Got into a new rabbit hole to keep me busy on FFXIV. (Catching “Big Fish”. It’s gonna take forever.
) - Reading a bunch of very different books at once and reminding myself to sit back and enjoy that instead of worrying “oh, I’m not finishing any books”.
- Listening to P!nk. I’m always amused that of all the artists I listened to as a young teen, it’s P!nk I’m still listening to at 33. I wouldn’t have called it.
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- New turf is working out well
- Built some steps out from the bottom of the garden to the field - worked out well, not too hard
- New light fittings look as smart as we’d hoped
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@shanaqui P!nk’s longevity is truly remarkable! I saw her perform at ACL last year and the showmanship and technical ability were really, really impressive. She also just seems like a genuinely great person!
- SGQ: I just used a chunk of my lunch break to get ahead on laundry. Our AC is on the fritz, so we’re trying to reduce interior heat generation, which means we’re line-drying all our laundry, which means it’s really important to stay on top of laundry since drying takes way longer when the sun’s not hitting our yard.
- P!nk also!
- The feeling of a good scrubby shower after a long dirty day.
- Bonus: the moon last night was really big and really pretty.
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- i’m grateful that the text messages on my new phone synced after all! i had already accepted the fact that they just won’t show up anymore, but it’s great that they do after all.
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful for experiencing another new thing today. we’re traveling from one city to another by cruise ship ferry, it feels very decadent and exciting.
- i’m grateful we have a window in our room. the morning will be horrible because we need to get up super early again, but at least the view is great!
:D
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- Our favourite scrub turkey had a bad limp yesterday and is almost fully better today.
- The smell of hessian.
- SGQ: I resisted temptations to check work email on my days off.
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- Making sure to have breaks today for reading.
- My computer is running a lot less hot since Lisa used canned air to get the tricky dust out.
- The existence of the NHS, now for 75 years and one day.
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- SGQ: I woke up on time and got two early errands done.
- My pool is doing alright — I was worried after being gone for 5 days for the long July 4th weekend.
- Curbside-pickup groceries.
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- self-gratitude: i’m grateful i decided to stay in the hotel for the afternoon, as well. we did get up shortly after 5 a.m., after all, and my feet are super happy about the extra hours of rest!
- i’m grateful i already bought postcards and stamps today. we’ll be in this city for another two days, so that should give me enough time to actually send them off in the same country, not like yesterday. XP
- i’m grateful we went to visit the national library this morning. it was absolutely gorgeous!
- After not reading much this week, I found my reading urge yesterday.
- I’m nearly finished with a silly achievement on FFXIV. The Much-Coveted Mora minion will be mine!
- Kinda silly, but my new weapon on FFXIV is kinda awesome. It was designed by someone in the design contest, and I hope they’re feeling such a glow of satisfaction, because look at this! It looks like my character has pixie wings!
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- Finally found a resolution to the “not enough freezer space” bug in the house setup
- Did a bunch of watering over the last 10 days on the new turf, and it seems to be paying off
- Using GPT4 to summarise long online texts is surprisingly effective, now I know it will take URLs in the prompt (“give me a 500 word summary of this: url-here”)
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- self-gratitude: i’m grateful that i’ve decided to wash my feet again tonight. my left foot has some rash ish thing going on that came back today after being gone this morning. i hope taking some actual care of it instead of just leaving it alone like i did last night will help. [this hasn’t technically happened yet, but i’m manifesting it into the immediate future by writing this.]
- i’m grateful that the bad news my mother shared with me just now isn’t related to physical health.
- i’m grateful i had so much fun today! we went on a boat trip and i am now fascinated by boats; it was a great time!!
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- Quiet day with no significant plans.
- The weather is cooler than yesterday.
- We had Haribo we’d forgotten about!
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- i’m grateful i didn’t lose any money today. gambling is fully evil, but i was excited to try it out once, especially since now i can say that the first time i was in a casino it was at sea (i’m all about weird flexes
). and i got extremely lucky and quadrupled (i think) the bit of money i’d been willing to loose at roulette. - i’m grateful our trip isn’t over yet.
- self-gratitude: i’m grateful i’m having so much fun here. i don’t remember if i mentioned it already, but being at sea is great, i think i’m super in love with boats now!
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- SGQ: I walked to a more distant bus stop than needed to get some extra exercise.
- My transit app made it easy to be sure that I had time for the walk without missing the bus.
- An excellent smoked cheese.
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